title: The new Greek national e-prescription system: an effective tool for improving quality of care and containing medication costs.
abstract: The national e-prescription system of Greece was first introduced in 2010 and already covers more than 80% of all prescriptions prescribed today (more than 5 million per month). Its introduction provided a powerful tool for improving patient services and public health planning. The system is also already a valuable source of planning, control and transparency data for the Greek healthcare system. In addition, the experience from its application at national level in Greece has also shown that e-Prescription systems can also provide a very useful tool for better administrative control and for containing unnecessary expenditure related to medication use.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Technology, Aristotelian University, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pangalos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Asimakopoulos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pagkalos
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D055695:Electronic Prescribing / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D006115:Greece; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000191:economics*